Low noise performance of passively mode-locked 10-GHz quantum-dot laser diode

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 389-391

  Carpintero, Guillermo ^a   Thompson, Mark G ^b,c   Penty, Richard V ^b   White, Ian H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mode locked laser; Phase noise; Quantum dot (QD)

Indexed keywords

HYBRID MODE-LOCKING; LOW NOISE PERFORMANCE; MODE-LOCKED LASER; MODELOCKED LASER DIODES; NOISE PERFORMANCE; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PHASE NOISE SPECTRUM; QUANTUM DOTS; QUANTUM-DOT LASER DIODE; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SINGLE SIDE BANDS;

LASERS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; PHASE NOISE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TIMING JITTER;

QUANTUM DOT LASERS;

EID: 70349671882     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2011918     Document Type: Article

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